Jail time for old sex charges

A Dartmouth man is going to spend his weekends in jail for awhile for sex offences involving children more than 30 years ago.

67 year old Edward Smith Murley pleaded guilty earlier to two charges of indecent assault and one of gross indecency…and the judge gave him 90 days. Court was told one incident involved a boy who was 8 or 9 at the time of the incident in Dartmouth. The other victim was a girl between 7 and 9.

Fire victim’s name released

Police have released the name of a man killed in a house fire in Glace Bay early yesterday morning.

54 year old Gerald Alexandra Somerton died in hospital after being taken out of a duplex on Concord Street. Residents of the other unit were not injured.

Police and the fire marshall are still invesgating what caused the blaze…but say it appears accidental.